Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a72df466bd527e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 01:02:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 4a217990967d4d0571f68b7feb594b61 SHA-1: 45bc5a5366cd0d254d740f4805115776583029a8 SHA-256: 3a72df466bd527e9c7595001f6e57b5c74ab646a4910f7abb3459aa5b7c43675
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. It contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM and PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM heuristics indicates a sophisticated link farm strategy.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=red+hook+silver+dollar+fish PDF link annotation
    • http://omeofest.eu/userfiles/files/wudududulusepakabajubuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8750b47cff---putedakukago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a22c8944be---setudisile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domholidays.com/userfiles/file/bubofakanurijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radioemka.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607777811c44d---lekigopexugej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b67b900df2---93766271844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/92344367112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harom.ro/files/file/vorijoxotatufofogufuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c971ba50c67dc8e5de30833811914ad4/51865302268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://briarcliff68.com/clients/71184/File/gerodimimunonaponorisurow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d32ad4b767991fc6433e3b6ca2b9b1/sefawimejodefenawobobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160baa2ab31c84---lunomalujan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/osvsudchvra7bdvui96i67i207/gazekipenovilimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a183b4a5e95---videxewades.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.profiemg.cz/upload/ck/files/komisowemux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b3312450d---35863789939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9vj601f1u310tbnac7155cmmu3/95663133243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c089311f1---xugolanujepam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ateliergermain.net/sites/default/files/file/mepexomosafetinitike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armanetti.com/images/90845052317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/tukojotarufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096c22bc6532---94262165358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montrealinkwell.com/clients/c/c4/c478fb9048b4d856ed1aa16e2301f982/File/19236236748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wjvanderheidedienstverlening.nl/uploads/file/31145536865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luchetti.it/userfiles/files/zululawupavupevaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c089.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC089 10452 bytes
SHA-256: 7657707653854c8ac419196fe4bd8907207f749f6fdf085f85304b23a3d9fd8b
font_01_sfnt_off0000d868.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD868 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f07a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF07A 16836 bytes
SHA-256: e5b2c82572252988cf4c91f8fb96140c480a5c8dbdb7cd351237e632347b2e4a